Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Statistics - 12.5 Problem Solving with the Normal Distribution - Exercise Set 12.5 - Page 820: 24

Answer

$4.66\%$

Work Step by Step

$\text{z-score}=\frac{\text{data item-mean}}{\text{standard deviation}}$. Hence $z_1=\frac{145-121}{15}=1.6, z_2=\frac{157-121}{15}=2.4$. Then the answer, using the table is: $99.18-94.52=4.66\%$
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